Ifa

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Yoruba religion component divination system intangible cultural heritage religious tradition

Ifa is a Yoruba divination and spiritual system centered on a complex corpus of sacred texts and the guidance of the deity Orunmila.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Ifa canonical 6
Ifá 6
Odu Ifa 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yoruba religion component ⓘ
divination system ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
aimsAt conflict resolution ⓘ
guidance ⓘ
healing ⓘ
understanding destiny ⓘ
associatedDeityRole Orunmila as deity of divination ⓘ
Orunmila as deity of wisdom ⓘ
associatedWith African diaspora religions ⓘ
West African traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Yoruba religion
centeredOn Orunmila ⓘ
cosmologyIncludes Olodumare ⓘ
Orisha ⓘ
ethicalFocus good character (iwa pele) ⓘ
hasConcept character ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ
destiny ⓘ
hasDeity Orunmila ⓘ
hasLanguage Yoruba language ⓘ
linked to: Yoruba
hasPart Odu Ifa ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
hasPractitioner babalawo ⓘ
iyanifa ⓘ
hasRitual consultation of Orunmila ⓘ
initiation ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
hasTextCorpus Odu Ifa ⓘ
linked to: Ifa

sacred verses ⓘ
hasUNESCOStatus Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity ⓘ
influenced Afro-Cuban religion ⓘ
Candomblé ⓘ
Lucumí religion ⓘ
Santería ⓘ
originatedIn Southwestern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria

Yorubaland ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria
practicedBy Yoruba people ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
region Benin ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
religiousTraditionOf Yoruba religion ⓘ
transmittedBy memorization of verses ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2005 ⓘ
uses divination ⓘ
usesObject divination chain ⓘ
divination tray ⓘ
palm nuts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yoruba → traditionalReligion → Ifa ⓘ
Yoruba → usesDivinationSystem → Ifa divination ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Yoruba → pantheonIncludes → Orunmila ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Oyo → traditionalDeity → Orunmila ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Ogun → religiousTradition → Ifá ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Regla de Ocha → usesDivinationSystem → Ifá divination ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Regla de Ocha → relatedTradition → Ifá ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Ife Kingdom → religiousInstitution → Ifa priesthood ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Santería → usesDivinationSystem → Ifá divination ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Ifa → hasPart → Odu Ifa ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Ifa → hasTextCorpus → Odu Ifa ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Oyo Empire → majorDeity → Ifa ⓘ
Yoruba people → traditionalReligion → Ifá ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Yoruba people → culturalPractice → Ifá divination ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Eledumare → associatedReligion → Ifá ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Yoruba religion → hasSacredTextType → Odu Ifa ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Oba → religiousTradition → Ifá ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
dilogún → relatedSystem → Ifá divination ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
babalawo → religiousTradition → Ifá ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
babalawo → interprets → Ifá oracle ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
babalawo → usesDivinationSystem → Odu Ifá ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Ijebu people → traditionalReligionDeity → Ifa ⓘ
iyanifa → religiousTradition → Ifa ⓘ
iyanifa → usesDivinationSystem → Odu Ifa ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Orunmila → associatedSystem → Ifa ⓘ
Orunmila → associatedObject → Ifa oracle ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Orunmila → associatedObject → Odu Ifa ⓘ
linked to: Ifa
Ikale → traditionalReligionDeity → Ifa ⓘ
Akoko → ethnicReligion → Ifa divination ⓘ
linked to: Ifa